Study movements of wild hogs

Post Date

August 11th 2015

Application Due Date

August 21st 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

P15AS00293

CFDA Number(s)

15.945

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Natural Resources

Eligibility Categories

Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
Private Institutions of Higher Education
Other

The United States Department of the Interior, The National Park Service (NPS), and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park is announcing a notice of intent to award; this is not a request for applications. This funding opportunity is to provide public notice of NPS's intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition, under Cooperative Agreement P14AC00882 with the University of Tennessee, a partner under the Southern Appalachian Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, for a project titled; The purpose of this project is to determine movements of wild hogs for disease modeling and control efforts in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $0

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of this project is to determine movements of wild hogs for disease modeling and control efforts in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Information gained from this project would significantly improve the capabilities and usefulness of the models, and provide information related to wild hog control and law enforcement efforts. Information from these projects will also be used to revise the GRSM wild hog control guidelines and GRSM wild hog management folio, as well as the development of a wild hog control strategy and plan for BISO.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  National Park Service

• Agency Contact:

  Brian Straka, 865-436-1217
  Brian_Straka@nps.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Brian_Straka@nps.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  Brian_Straka@nps.gov

• More Information:

  Grants.Gov